NANOWATT is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. NANOWATT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NANOWATT?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NANOWATT is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NANOWATT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
nanowattsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NANOWATT scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in NANOWATT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 2 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so NANOWATT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does NANOWATT mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A unit of power equal to one billionth of a watt.
Engineers talk of a nanowatt when designing sensors and chips meant to run for years on a tiny battery. At that level the power is barely enough to keep a small circuit awake.
How NANOWATT is used
Nanowatt appears in electronics and physics, usually written nW.
- The sleeping sensor draws only a few nanowatt.
- The detector measured a signal of one nanowatt.
- Each nanowatt saved extends the battery life.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NANOWATT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NANOWATT
1 longer words begin with NANOWATT.
Shorter words from the letters in NANOWATT
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Common questions about NANOWATT
- Is NANOWATT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NANOWATT, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NANOWATT worth?
- NANOWATT is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NANOWATT mean?
- A unit of power equal to one billionth of a watt.
- What letters can be added to NANOWATT?
- NANOWATT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of NANOWATT:
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